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Thursday, 03 April 2008 13:56 |
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A unique photographic record of Glasgow and people living in the city in the 1950s is being published.
'Glasgow 1955: Through the Lens' features the work of dozens of photographers who took part in a city-wide survey that year.
The book contains 90 photographs which were taken by 86 |
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 13:16 |
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A Royal Navy photographer from Plymouth has won the Navy's top award for his profession for the second year running.
The annual prize for Royal Navy Photographer of the Year rewards excellence among naval photographers.
Petty Officer Sean Clee, who was a keen amateur photographer, spent 10 |
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Friday, 03 October 2008 12:53 |
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There was also a really tangible sense of fear there. When you walked on the street people didn't look at you. I think that's a really good indication of how scared people were of the regime.
When I went back in 2001 people would often stare but in 1997 they would just look away or look at |
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Thursday, 27 November 2008 12:35 |
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The mystery of a 90-year-old note inscribed in stone has been solved thanks to a trans-Atlantic e-mail.
Archaeologists appealed for information after finding the rock with the signature: "Carlyle D Chamberlain, Canadian Army" in Denbighshire.
Carlyle DeHaven Chamberlain was stationed nearby in |
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Friday, 12 December 2008 14:12 |
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Star Wars fans are to feel the force of the seminal sci-fi films and their iconic soundtracks on stage in a major new show, which will launch next year.
In Star Wars: A Musical Journey, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will play a live score as excerpts from the six films are shown on a cinema |
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 01:56 |
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By Stuart Nicolson
BBC Scotland News website
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 01:23 |
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Within a week, the Bismarck had been crippled by a torpedo before being pounded to pieces by British warships.
But Suckling, whose photograph resulted in the destruction of the mythical battleship, was to live for just a few more weeks before being shot down and killed on a reconnaissance mission |
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Tuesday, 07 October 2008 19:55 |
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A museum in Cromer has paid 42,000 to buy a collection of Edwardian photographs including rare colour plates of Norfolk fishermen.
The works are by renowned photographer Olive Edis, who had homes in London and at Sheringham in Norfolk.
Cromer Museum, which bought the photographs with help from a |
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Wednesday, 03 December 2008 10:28 |
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Comic actor Simon Pegg is to receive an honorary fellowship from the University of Gloucestershire for his "significant contribution to the arts".
The Shaun of the Dead star, 38, from Gloucester, will receive the award at a ceremony at the Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse, on Thursday.
He is one of |
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 15:42 |
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1999 17 December - UNSC Resolution 1284 creates the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (Unmovic) to replace Unscom. Iraq rejects the resolution.
2001 February - Britain, US carry out bombing raids to try to disable Iraq's air defence network. The bombings have little |
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